Disciplinary Hearing & Grievance Procedures

DISCIPLINARY HEARING & GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES

DURATION : 2 days TARGET GROUP: This module is meant for supervisors, middle managers, senior executives and Human Resources Practitioners of organisations in the public, private and parastatal sectors who are charged with the responsibility of ensuring discipline in their various organizations, and may be expected to initiate or conduct or chair disciplinary and grievance hearings. OBJECTIVES

Have a clear understanding of the legal framework within which disciplining of employees occur

Know the rights and obligations of each party in a disciplinary hearing

Be able to distinguish between procedural and substantive fairness, and the standards of proof used to determine fairness.

Be able to conduct a fair disciplinary hearing and impose an appropriate sanction

Effectively deal with employee grievance, following the appropriate procedure.